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Mountain roads beginning to open as snow recedes
Several popular mountain roads in Northeastern Oregon have opened as the prodigious winter snowpack continues to shrink. The ...
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Out and About: Climbing through the Columbia River Gorge’s geologic history
Hiking in most of the higher mountains of Northeastern Oregon, with their muddled layers of stone, is akin ...
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Forest urges caution on Memorial Day weekend
BAKER CITY — As Memorial Day weekend draws near and many are planning outdoor activities, it is important to remember ...
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OUT AND ABOUT: Contemplating Northeastern Oregon’s unimaginably icy past
Ice is a temporary visitor to the mountains of Northeastern Oregon rather than a permanent resident, but it ...
Oregon
Landowner hunting tags poised to become permanent
SALEM — More than four decades since it was started, a program that prioritizes Oregon landowners for hunting ...
Recreation
Out and About: Making the yearly April hike to a snowy meadow in the Elkhorns
Spring fools me every year.
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Out and About: Savoring the solitude on Wheeler County’s Sutton Mountain
I was so fixated on the grand sprawl that is Wheeler County, so focused on its tens of ...
Recreation
Oregon estimated wolf population up 15% in 2024
SALEM — Oregon’s estimated wolf population grew by about 15% in 2024, rising from 178 to 204 animals, ...
Recreation
Out and About: The great swindle of spring snowshoeing
TOLLGATE — Spring snowshoeing is cheating. This is no terrible transgression, to be sure. Nothing that would lead to a ...
Recreation
ODFW proposing to change boundaries of mule deer hunts starting in 2026; no changes in 2025
The 56,000 or so people who hunt mule deer east of the Cascades each year, whether they carry ...